EDITORIAL
When the gender, race end non-European claw re*
quirement first came along, most people thought it wee
a good idea.
After all, here was an opportunity to expand the
traditional Eurocentric University Curriculum. Tho
problem is, there are 160 classes to choose from —
some of which have little to do with expanding stu
dent's knowledge of other cultures. > t 'h
What's even worse is that 55 of those classes
fly seems Ilka a commit
weren
But, tost Wednesday.
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teirisu Brand approves.
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Bravo. cooperation
between the Univeniity
Senate and the adminis
tration. That's how things
can got done around here.
The new "U.& race re
lations” requirements
won't take affect until
1993-94. so there will be
plenty of time for the com
mittee to come up with a
"
shiki curriculum oesignea
to enlighten students. The panel has a nice mix
ministration, student* and faculty.
Such cooperation is a heartening thing to see. espe
cially in light of events Over the past several months. It
seems overywhero one looks, bigots and racism lurks.
Riots and violence cloud the real message dust the
United States has problems it hasn't come to grips
with. v ' mm
It is unlikely one Course requirement will
the cultural perspective of every student, but It
start. Maybe, down the educational path, there
come a time when universities won't have to Ir
"required" U.S race relations classes, hut iu-,
t hey 11 be considered a natural part of the curricula,
they should ha.
But until that time comes, the University Sen,
and Myles Brand deserve a solid round erf applause.
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V99i cmwmtes prktwl exams ■■ the pus-breakfast character test.
No reason
There are two events that
have occurred recently on this
campus that need to be ad
dressed and openly discussed
by all students First, is the use
of ASUO funds to place on un
nocessory "help" ad in the Em
erald and secondly, the arrest
of Student Senator Brian Hoop
The first concern is altout the
Etuvruhi ad [ODE. May 12)
Does the ASUO represent the
interests of all students by plac
ing an ad titled "If an Agon!
Knocks." aimed at those stu
dents who destroyed property
at the Federal Building? I do
not think it does Thu ASUO Is
interested in protecting those
who are part of the sutf-righi
eous clique that pervades our
student government We are no
longer being represented, and
this is worse than anything that
provoked the violence thut oc
curred at the Federal Building
This in turn lends to the sec
ond Issue, thill of the arrest of
Hoop We must realize thut we
alone .ire responsible for our
actions Hoop was not arrested
bemuse the federal government
is "out to get him", his crime
was destruction of property.
Unfortunately, the political left
on this campus likes to believe
it is persecuted for holding
opinions of dissent I witnessed
this brand of paranoia coming
from present and future student
leaders of this campus at the
impromptu rally outside of the
ASUO office on Wednesday
evening (May 13)
I have finally realized that
nothing approaching reasoned
thought or representation of all
s.udcnts will ever come from
those who claim to work for us.
Clark Smith
Student
Hey, Chris
Brian Hoop and others were
arrested. Jen Bills was trying to
prevent lids. Not because dodg
ing arrest is the thing to do, but
because she. myself and many
others believe In the message
those people wore sending.
Hero in Eugene, if u simple
march or protest had taken
place, the whole thing would
have blown over by now But
because of the violence und
damage to the Federal Building,
the government is still having
to deal with the problem. What
those people did may not have
been right, but the justice sys
tem and the government were
forced to take notice. I think
this was the demonstrators'
point.
Fat Malach was not wrong in
fueling the* way he did about
student money being spent on
tiu’ half-page Emerald ad (ODE,
May 12) I agree that was proba
bly not in the best interest of
ASUO to do that. But the im
portant thing here is that there
is another side to this story.
ASUO is not “abandoning’ the
students They are going to
school just like the rest of us
and have the same things to
fear.
One more thing. Hey, Chris
topher Blair! The next time Lisa
Millogon and Gorrit Koepping
get together and write an article
[ODE. May Id) on how to
spend student foe money, put it
on the editorial page and not
the front page. Biased journal
ism is not very appealing
Jell Gamble
Fine Arts
Overdue
1 see fear us a human experi
ence Four is an emotion that at
tempts to limit my ability to en
joy life For me, insisting on a
safer world starts with an indi
vidual The individual must ed
ucate her/himself on the risks
involved in a behavior — such
as traveling or walking at night
time — und take all possible
precautions. Then if an attack
occurs, don't belittle the experi
ence, and take cure of yourself
I’m not saying anything revo
lutionary, the educators und
counselors speaking during the
CARL celebration are saying
the same thing (1 bo I love). Bui
they seem to be ignoring some
thing: Men are raped too!
They an- raped by women as
well as by men Rape and vio
lence are issues that we should
all lie concerned about. Men as
well as women need to learn
how to protect themselves
against violence. Women as
well as men need to learn how
to listen to the verbal and non
verbal communication sur
rounding sex so that dute rape
can be eradicated from our so
ciety.
When will wo hear of a group
called People Against Fear? 1
say it’s long overdue.
Debra Frye
Student
Lethal rage
I am outraged at the misuse
of student fees to support the
so-called protesters and their
blatant destruction of public
property. I am a combat veteran
with eight years of service to
this nation, und whereas I don’t
excuso the excessive use of
force in the King beating, 1 cer
tainly don't condone the de
structive expression of rage on
the part of the so-called protest
ers and/or rioters.
As a combat veteran, I have
problems with authority and
this nation's history of military
expeditions in support of dubi
ous objectives. However, I con
tinue to serve this community
by controlling my rage, which
is certainly lethal, and I nlwoys
endeavor to direct it in a posi
tive expression that is not
harmful to others in any fash
ion I resent the fact that the so
called protestors felt the right to
act out their rage destructively.
My comment to the so-called
protesters is that you chose to
"question authority,” and now
authority will answer.
I only wish that those perpe
trators could bo drafted and al
lowed to contemplate their
“question" whilo cleaning la
trines and picking up cigarette
butts for three years. This
would be penalty enough, even
without being inserted Into a
hostile environment where peo
ple try to kill you just because
of the uniform you wear and
the Hag it represents.
P.S.: ASIJO, don’t over speak
for me again.
Daniel Edgar
Sociology
Nietzsche says
Although the media often at
tempts to check (police?) the
powers of law enforcement (e g
The Rodney King video), media
images are becoming increas
ingly co-optud by the powers of
law enforcement to facilitate
the exercise of authority.
All this suggests that the
"truth" of the videotaped im
age as evidence depends to a
large degroo on the relation of
that image to structures of au
thority and (implicit?) subse
quent desires of those selected
to judge this “truth ” To para
phrase Nietzsche, truth is the
lie that gets the most votes,
I acknowledge that this letter
doesn't offer specific answers
as to how to address this situa
tion. Yet, 1 am a firm believer
that questions are often more
conducive to activity thun an
swers. And if opening this can
of worms (and others) makes us
uncomfortable — good1
We may now be inspired to
join our energies in action, in
an attempt to address our mal
aise If we ain't do this, wo are
destined to remain uninvolvod.
"comfortable.”..,.
Matthew Ramsey
English